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jahazi

a word from vocabulary Swahili by Thilo Schadeberg

Word form	jahazi
LWT meaning(s)	the ship
Word meaning	ocean-going ship with sails, dhow
Grammatical info	n 5/6
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	ğahāz 'ship' Arabic Unidentifiable Arabic ğahāz 'ship' Hindi-Urdu jahāz 'ship' Persian
Effect	Insertion
Salience	Present only since contact
Contact situation	Indian Ocean [1]